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If you want to by yourself time, why not accept that civilian Full-ride to ASU? Is it a four year full ride? Then you could look into PLC or Navy's BDCP from there without committing to a branch by taking that AFROTC scholarship.

If you wear glasses/contacts, check your prescription. That's your diopter.

-8.00 being the upper limit, I think it's safe to say if your diopters are worse than that, you're out of luck for a waiver.

There is some truth to that. Though I was under the impression that you couldn't do it if you were out of regs for NFO as well. Pre-prk vision shouldn't matter, but since this is the navy, it does. Remember, civilian pilots can have crappy vision. As for worst vision haveing best results...

Does anyone know why Supply designated officers no longer hold the Material Control Officer billet in a squadron? It used to be that way, but now AMDOs have to do that billet with a lot less schooling. Just curious, because I'm the current MCO for a squadron.

Right. Ultimately, it is your responsibility to make sure the clause is there. Don't sign a lease for a year and assume, "Oh, I'm military, so I can break this anytime." Make sure it's there. The easiest thing to do is ask about it, and they'll usually flip to the clause. Most military...

You can break lease if there's a military clause in the lease. I know reading that stuff blows, but flat out, make sure there is a military clause allowing you to break lease when you get orders. I'm in San Diego, and those clauses are pretty standard, I'm guessing that should be the norm in...

There's definitely more Jets. When people hear Jets, they automatically think Fighters (thanks, Top Gun), but forget about the S-3 (which is gone anyway) and the Prowler. To give you a rough idea, last cruise we had 8 S-3s in our squadron, I think the Prowlers had 4 jets. The 4 hornet...

Fair enough, I just thought this would be a good thread for anyone interested in deployments. Obviously, if you're ships company, you're going to be doing more detachments, but let's put it this way, our airwing is composed of 4 hornet squadrons, an S-3 squadron, a prowler squadron (those are...

I would recommend this thread be moved...doesn't see like it has anything to do with Intermediate/Jets

Hanes tagless are ok for everyday wear. You'll be issued 2 packs (i think) of white T-shirts when you get there, you should devote one pack to inspection (don't wear them). I wouldn't worry about stocking up before you get there, because that's just more you'll have to carry around. You'll...

They sure do. In fact, I think they go to API and all that good stuff. The FS we deal with basically explained that he flys to understand what pilots and NFOs go through during flight. Flight Surgeons are part of the Medical Corps, so ask your recruiter about the Medical Corps/Flight surgeon.

Hey mizzou fan, you sound like someone who'd enjoy being a flight surgeon, have you thought of going that route? I think the navy has a program that'll pay for your medical school.

Yep, I was on that extended cruise with VS-33. Warlord, if you do ten years, you won't be gone for 5 because you have to factor in shore duty where you will have no dets or sea time. For example, you won't go to sea before you get your wings, then you'll go to a rag for six months, do your sea...

I'm still hangin' on to thier sweet 16 run in 2001

Truthfully, it doesn't matter too much in the civilian world either. I know psych majors who went on to be management consultants, chemical engineers who ended up being financial analyst, and education majors who went into sales. The idea is, if you have a college degree and can show people...

My fearless final four picks: Georgia Tech Stanford Pittsburgh North Carolina with Stanford beating Tech for the shiny trophy. Feel free to chime in, we'll take a look back at this thread after all is said and done with the winner getting a big fat pat on the back.

Kycntryboy, You're right about that, however, as a Naval Aviator, you can't afford to go to grad school for your shore duty. It's a career killer.

Different strokes for different folks. As long as you're happy, good on ya. I was just relating to GVSURob.

Girls come and go my friend. I know how you feel, I'm 24, already a naval officer, yet I'm focusing all my energy on transfering to the CEC. I'm in frickin' San Diego for crying out loud, yet all I can think about is where my career will take me next. Bottom line? Too young to settle down...

No, it's the Civil Engineer Corps.

When you get done with OCS, that 0 at the end will drop, as designators are only 4 digits. 1395- SNA 1375- SNFO 1315- Naval Aviator (USNR) 1325- NFO (USNR) 1310- Naval Aviator (USN) 1320- NFO (USN)

The way you plan on doing it, I would say no. However, I do know the CEC will let you do it in your second year of grad school if pursuing a masters (CEC collegiate program), and you can do it with the NUPOC program as well. But you have to already be in grad school, the Navy won't pay for...

I believe 20/15 is better than 20/20.

I noticed that too. When I was coming in (early 2002) I needed a waiver just to be in the navy because my diopters were 9.00, non-waiverable for NFO. I noticed CNRC says that 6.00 is the limit. Ask your recruiter, this could be something that changed, and I don't think it's addressed on the site.

I belive those are called Marine Corps pushups ;)

They don't do that fist bullcrap at OCS. If you can, go to a gym and so pushups in front of a mirror and keep your head up. When there's a 90 degree angle between your bicep and forearm, come back up.

90 degree plane, then all the way back up. Those are the 2 elements you'll want to worry about as Gunnys circle like sharks.

Try eating protein bars after lifting. It's a good way to add muscle mass without getting really bulky. I like the Leanbody gold peanut caramel ones. To give you an idea, I'm 5'11" 168 lbs, but I can bench press 225 3 sets of 6, I can do 16 pullups in a row, and at our command PRT last week I...

Even Wedge is too cool to give out, I mean, who else can say they blew up two death stars and survived the At-Ats on Hoth?

Ben, NAS North Island is hardly worth visiting. I was just kidding around and tooting my squadron's horn. The BUD/S thing sounds way cooler.

Alcatraz is in the San Francisco Bay Area. San Diego is in Southern California. The drive from San Diego to San Francisco is about 8 hours. Needless to say, Alcatraz is no where near San Diego.

Dave and Buster's is a fun bar/restaurant/arcade. Check out Pacific Beach, it's kinda a fun college town by the beach littered with bars (you probably saw it on the real world). I'm assuming you guys are renting a car, so it's right up the 5. There's also Sea World if you're into that kind of...

See tour is generally 36 months after you finish the rag. What the navy advertises is that you go on a six month deployment, and then you're back for 18 months. That's going out the window with the Fleet readiness Program. Also, for that 18 months you're back, there's boat dets and other dets...

That being said though, I think ANY former military officer could suceed in human resources, and besides, the commitment for NFO is long enough that you will get the chance to be the Div O. Also, just because you're not in charge of anybody, doesn't mean there isn't any responsibilty involved...

You might want to talk to your recruiter. If SNA was your first choice, I don't think your package ever got to the Intel/Crypto boards. It would mess them up if they selected one person for 3 communities because that just guarantees two holes they will need to fill later. Again, check with...

This might come in handy if you ever reenlist anyone in your career... http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7478/mil-oath.htm

Keep in mind either way, it's still naval aviation (the Navy owns all the Marines aircraft), so the difference won't be as big as say, Navy vs. Air Force

I think you get BAS too...that's 220 a month(?)

I don't think there's an exact science to how they weight GPAs. Because if you really want to get to the nitty gritty, is an engineering degree from middle-of-nowhere the same as an engineering degree from MIT? Definitely not, that's an extreme example, but where you went to school is part of...

I would think you'd have to be discharged from the Air Force, then apply like a civilian. Other than that, it really isn't that uncommon. We had an air force guy, a Marine, and a blackhawk crew chief in our class.

If you want an immediate leadership opportunity, NFO may not be the way to go. You spend 2 years in flight school/the rag, so by the time you hit the fleet, you're already a JG. Furthermore, in our squadron, we've got guys who are LTs, and haven't been responsible for anybody. There are only...

Runnin' Reb, I'm not BDCP, but here's a link to the military pay scale, as well as an interactive BAH chart. Also, I think you move up to E-4 after 2 semesters of dean's list, and you can move up to E-5 by getting one of your friends to sell his soul to the navy (referal). I think your...

yeah...because I moved it, but now I don't have the power to delete, because it's out of my jurisdiction ;)

I feel your pain, I graduated from Penn State with a BS in Mechanical Engineering with a 3.1 GPA. My measuring stick was that I was golden with the bulk of employers (3.0 and up), whereas some of my business major roommates were gettin' pissed because alot of companies were looking for 3.5 and...

Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world... John, 3.1 in Computer Science (?) looks pretty good to me, no need to frown.

I think Snake is right on this one. The point of BDCP is to give you money by enlisting you. Although you may be a full-time student, it sounds like you're doing these classes concurrently with you're Navy duties. If I were you, I'd finish up my degree and just apply for OCS.

While I agree that there should be some aspects of OCS that should NEVER be revealed, this site is not the lone culprit. You're gonna have G/T/Xperts who roll in poopie week and start blabbing about all this and that. That's the noise you want to filter out. Alot of the info on this site is...

Grant, That's just what they say...and the engineering they refer to is Industrial Engineering, which, well, no offense to anyone, isn't as hard as any of the other disciplines. We had all sorts of people in my OCS class going supply, Nutrition, Poli Sci, etc. I'm not sure if any of them...

There aren't any west coast Tomcats, and well, those are going away too. All the hornets are in Lemoore, while the Marine hornets are in Miramar. Basically, your last shot to get SoCal is the E-2. Thier up in Point Magu I believe. The only other squadrons in San Diego are HS and HSL, and...